Thaddeus Betts

Thaddeus Betts (4 February 1789-7 April 1840) was a US Senator from Connecticut (W) from 4 March 1839 to 7 April 1840, succeeding John Milton Niles and preceding Jabez W. Huntington.

Biography
Thaddeus Betts was born in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1789, and he was admitted to the bar in 1810. He served in the state legislature before serving as Lieutenant Governor from 1831 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and, in 1839, he was elected to the US Sentae. However, he died in office in 1840.